Aja Corrigan

Aja Corrigan is a local historian and community advocate. Her mission is healing Community Trauma and she believes the way to do this is through education. As the cultural term "Sankofa" beckons us, by "reaching back" and inspiring the community, the youth, and St. Louis descendants with the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of our ancestors we can actually move forward. While researching information to share with the St. Louis community through her community platform, Our St. Louis History, she began sharing the stories of the tragic desecration and erasure of history occurring at our local heritage sites. Her local non-profit, The St. Louis Preservation Crew, is committed to leading the uncomfortable conversations to ensure the protection and ethical restoration of these historic landmarks and ancestral repositories, including sustainable, educational, and economic solutions for the honor and preservation of the 42-acre Washington Park Cemetery, a historic African American sacred grounds in extreme disrepair. Aja received her Bachelor's degrees of the Arts & Sciences in Communication and Psychology (Community Trauma) from the University of Missouri - St. Louis and is an active collaborator across a broad spectrum of arts and community organizations.